Thousands of officials pay homage to the beauty of the sky at dawn, and all things will be known to usher in spring on the first day of the year!
Yuan Day is New Year's Day, also called Yuan Zheng, the first day of the New Year, also known as San Yuan. It is considered to be the Yuan of the year, the Yuan of the time, and the Yuan of the month. In the time sequence of the ancients, this day has a strong symbolism.
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According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, there is a seven-day holiday before and after Yuan Day.
The three days before and three days after Yuan Day, plus the day of Yuan Day, are the same seven-day holiday as the Spring Festival in later generations. And the only one with the same treatment as this day throughout the year is the Winter Solstice. The other three festivals are the Cold Food Festival (
Later it was integrated into the Qingming Festival), the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. There are only three days of short holidays, and the status is far behind.
As for the fact that Tang Dezong later changed the Cold Food Festival to seven days, Li Yuanjia would definitely not be able to catch up.
Although there is a seven-day Golden Week around Yuan Day, for the officials in Chang'an, they have to attend the most important court meeting of the year on this day, which just cuts off the holiday...
As the prince in Chang'an and the shepherd of Yongzhou, Li Yuanjia was naturally no exception.
It was still dark on the first day of the year, and he was a little drowsy because of the spring smoke. After washing his face, Li Yuanjia felt a little better. Then he casually ate two steamed buns and a bowl of porridge.
, just after finishing cleaning up, I heard the butler Han Shan say from the side: "Your Majesty, Wang Changshi is here and is waiting for you right now."
"Huh? Wang Changshi?"
Li Yuanjia, who had just finished eating, was still a little slow in his brain reaction. He was stunned for a moment before he remembered who Han Shan was talking about.
Wang Qingren, the governor of Luzhou, is the envoy to the imperial court in Luzhou this year.
As the most grand annual court meeting in the Tang Dynasty, the people who went to court on Yuan Day were not only those who went to court on weekdays, but also those who went to court every month. In addition to the emperor and the hundreds of officials who went to court on a daily basis
In addition, there are relatives of the emperor who do not usually go to court, Sikong and Situ who do not enjoy the treatment of going to court, as well as envoys from various countries, as well as envoys from all states in the world.
"Every Yuanhui, all the states send envoys to the capital to gather together, and they are called envoys to the imperial gathering."
Chaoji envoys are representatives who rush back to Chang'an from various states at the end of each year to attend the annual Yuan Dynasty gathering and present congratulations, contributions and auspicious omens to the emperor.
Some are state governors, and some are representatives of the governor.
To put it bluntly, we want to use this opportunity to express our loyalty to the emperor and let people know that our whole state is still loyal to the emperor and to the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, in addition to this, the envoys to the court also have to participate in the examinations of local officials and even go to court. In particular, Li Shimin attaches great importance to the envoys to the court and will summon many people to inquire about local political affairs. Then in the spring, the envoys from various states will be sent to the court.
When they returned, the emperor would summon them again, encourage them to "do government with virtue", and ask them to "ask about the suffering, save the poor, put an end to the invasion of fishing, and investigate injustice" after returning. In short, it is a very important job.
It was impossible for Li Lingkui to return to Chang'an unless he was summoned. The person who came was Wang Qingren, the governor of Lu.
According to the requirements of the imperial court, the envoys should arrive in Chang'an before December 25th, and Wang Qingren arrived seven days ago. At that time, the new chief historian of Luzhou sent a letter and wanted to come to see Li Yuanjia. However, he did not show up.
Due to various considerations, Li Yuanjia did not see him, but asked Han Shan to arrange a place for the people coming from Luzhou to live, and told the housekeeper to take good care of these younger brother's subordinates.
There is no way, who makes Datang still poor these days?
The envoys who could come to Chang'an to attend the Yuan Dynasty meeting were either the governor of a state or the sergeant-general of each state, that is, the chief governor or the commander-in-chief of each state. They were all important local officials. But as local officials, they usually
There are no houses in Chang'an, so where to live has become a very annoying problem.
For most people, the only option is to rent a house or stay in a "hotel".
It is only the eleventh year of Zhenguan, and there are still seven years before Li Shimin orders the construction of the "Office in Chang'an" of each state, so everyone can only make ends meet for a few days, "all renting houses and living together with merchants"...
So when I received a letter from Li Lingkui last month, saying that he would ask Wang Qingren to bring him some things, Li Yuanjia, who had been the governor of Luzhou, immediately asked someone to arrange a place for them in advance. He couldn't stay in Chang'an City.
Let your brother's subordinates also stay in the hotel, right?
Today, Wang Qingren was also going to attend the Yuan Dynasty meeting. He came to the gate in advance to wait. It seemed that he planned to go to the imperial city with Li Yuanjia.
Seeing Li Yuanjia nodded, Han Shan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly continued: "In addition, the king asked Wang Changshi to bring you something, and I just took it into the house... The gift list said a blank piece of paper
Ten thousand pieces, ten yuan for a fine inkstone, thirty pieces of wolf hair, and..."
"Okay, no need to read it anymore."
After waving his hand, Li Yuanjia looked helpless.
I just pretended to be brainwashed by the Crown Princess and my uncle, and seemed to be addicted to calligraphy, painting and collecting books every day, and had no interest in political affairs. But my brother Li Lingkui was really brainwashed. You said this is a Chinese New Year, give it to your brother.
Wouldn't it be nice to order jewelry, jade, silk and satin? Do you have to give me pens, ink, paper and inkstones? Especially white paper. The workshop in Luzhou was given to him by Li Yuanjia, and now he has 10,000 pieces of white paper.
What's the point of coming here as a gift? Give me something that belongs to me?
Really too lazy to complain about his younger brother, Li Yuanjia said casually: "Okay, I will accept the things and tell Wang Changshi to stay for a while and go to the imperial city with me later!"
Coming so early, you can imagine how early you got up. It would be bad if Li Yuanjia refused again.
Anyway, he is his younger brother's subordinate, so he doesn't have so many taboos.
Speaking of which, there is a Golden Week around Yuan Day, a seven-day long holiday. However, except for going to court on Yuan Day, officials on the other days basically have to visit their colleagues, especially their superiors. In fact, during this holiday, besides not having to work,
Apart from his son, he was not idle at all. Fortunately, Li Yuanjia's title was at the top of the Tang Dynasty, and the pastoral care of Yongzhou was not under anyone's control, so he was freed from the troubles of such mundane matters.
However, uncle Yu Wenshiji and Shangshu Zuopushe still had to move around.
After tidying up, Li Yuanjia came out to meet Wang Qingren. Li Yuanjia said a few words to him in a nonchalant manner, then got on the carriage and walked towards the imperial city. Although it was not yet dark, the entire Chang'an City was surrounded by soldiers at this time.
It was filled up and there was light everywhere.
The great court meeting on Yuan Day was so grand.
A large number of soldiers must maintain the highest alert status, and the Daxing Palace must also display rituals and music, precious jade from past dynasties, chariots, and solemn ceremonial guards... However, this year, the emperor issued an order in advance, saying that it was because of the Supreme Emperor that the rituals and music were canceled to express his love for his son.
Sad. However, in Li Yuanjia's opinion, the possibility of being an old man is extremely small, but the possibility of having a grandson is extremely high!
Along the way, Li Yuanjia didn't know how many officials he saw.
Looking at the still dark sky outside the carriage curtain and listening to the squeaking of the wheels, Li Yuanjia suddenly became a little distracted: "Today is New Year's Day, and there is only more than half a year left until the autumn of the eleventh year of Zhenguan..."